The bad news: the bus tunnel will have cell service in the near future. I can’t tell you how many times it’s been a relief to have someone yelling into their phone have to turn it off. Formerly, a moment’s quiet. Now lost.

Bad news: A Boeing 777 with 239 passengers and crew aboard went missing on a night flight from Malaysia to Beijing. When ground controllers lost contact, the plane would have been over the South China Sea, so it’s probably in the water. Searchers haven’t found any wreckage yet.

Update: The missing plane is an older 777-200 built between 1997 and 2001 that Malaysian Airlines had planned to replace. China says the plane never entered its airspace. Authorities say it was in Vietnamese airspace when contact was lost.

“A woman working at a Chicago thrift store was killed when a gun that was in dropped-off clothing accidentally discharged, hitting her in the chest. … Relatives said she was a wife and mother of two children.”

Update: Reuters reported at 1:30 am ET (3 minutes ago) that Vietnamese state media say the missing Malaysian jetliner crashed in the South China Sea near an island off the south coast of Vietnam and boats were being sent to the scene.

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